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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Peter N. Braido, Wyoming, MN (US);
Mina S. Fahim, Shoreview, MN (US);
Thomas M. Benson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
Andrea N. Para, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark Krans, Hopkins, MN (US);
Mathias Charles Glimsdale, St. Michael, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent including a plurality of cells arranged in rows extending around a circumference of the stent, at least one of the rows forming a flared portion having a diameter that is larger than diameters of others of the rows. The stent further includes engaging arms disposed adjacent the outflow end and extending toward the inflow end, the engaging arms being configured to couple to heart tissue to anchor the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly has a plurality of leaflets disposed within the stent.